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November 3, 2017 #32
Community Issue
GHC, HNC, SOUNDINGS & CCLT
Choir Community Newsletter
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GHC Potlucks
Thu. Nov. 2, Tue. Nov. 7 & Mon. Nov. 13
Details in the Community Networking section
An Open SWAT Against Nuclear Weapons
November 8 @ St. John’s United Church, Deep Cove
Details in Open SWAT section
Soup & Sign-On
Tuesdays @ Mary-Wynne Ashford’s
Details in the Community Networking section
Gorgeous Guatemalan Scarves And Shawls For Sale
At GHC & HNC Practices - Nov 6, 7 & 9th + Nov 20, 21 & 23rd
Details in the Choir Gift Market section
Kenyan Crafts Fundraising Sale
At GHC Nov 13, 14 & 16
Details in the Choir Gift Market section
Instruments4aftrica GHC Shortbread Cookie Sale
Pre-order Nov. 13, 14 & 16 & Pick-up Dec. 11, 12 & 14
Details in the Community Networking section
Coco Love Alcorn ~ GHC Spring 2017 Guest Artist
Nov. 19 @ Oak Bay High’s “Dave Dunnet Community Theatre
Details in the Opportunities To Sing & Community Events sections
Soundings Concerts
December 9th (Oak Bay) & 10th (Saanichton)
Details in the Community Events section
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GHC Potluck Schedule
GHC Choir Potlucks
There will be two more potluck gatherings this season from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on each of the following choir nights:
Tuesday Nov. 7
Please remember not to bring nuts, or anything with nuts in it, including peanuts to this potluck.
Monday Nov. 13
Please Note: For this potluck we must all bring our own dishes, cutlery and cups since we can’t use the dishwasher at the First Unitarian Church
These potlucks, held every season, are a tradition in the choir that allows us to get to know each other a little better.
Please bring a tasty dish to share and your own plate, cup and cutlery. An ingredients sign would be helpful for those with dietary considerations and perhaps a name label in case someone wants to get your recipe from you.
All choir members are welcome at all potlucks. Come and enjoy!
Editor’s Note:
For an advance look at lyrics for the graces we tend to sing at potlucks (plus those for the choirs birthday song) please click here.
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Choir Seasonal Gift Market
Every Fall season in the weeks prior to our holiday break we have a series of worthy causes that hold fundraising sales during the break at HNC & GHC Practices. All the money raised goes to the causes so you get to pick-up some unique gifts and support great community action at the same time. Double Duty Dollars!
Gorgeous Guatemalan
Scarves And Shawls For Sale…
…plus some NEW handwoven items, or please CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT, instead of exchanging gifts with family, work or friends, and make a huge difference in a Mayan family's life.
Last winter, with input from parents, teachers and community leaders,we established a much needed Learning Centre and Library for San Antonio's children, who were falling behind and dropping out of school, as early as Grade 6. The learning center/library has been a huge success with almost 600 visits for learning assistance in September and a steady increase in children who come to read from our small library. We are also continuing with our lunch program for the very poor elderly widows.
We will be selling our beautiful scarves at GHC and HNC for 2 weeks:
Nov 6, 7* & 9th + Nov 20, 21* & 23rd (All GHC + * HNC)
Pls refer to our blog for more details and photos: www.icoatitlan.blogspot.com
Submitted by:
Mary Lynch, HNC Soprano,
Linda Stanton, HNC Alto, and
Kathy Coster, Former GHC Soprano.
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Kenyan Crafts At Choir
positively AFRICA will be bringing unique jewelry and carvings to all HNC and GHC practices during the week of November 13th. All the proceeds will go to Soweto Junior School in the second largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa. The money will be used to feed the 150 young children attending the school; for some, it’s their only meal of the day.
Beautiful, one-of –a-kind jewelry made from cow horn will be 20%off and wooden carvings are very reasonably priced. A perfect opportunity to do some holiday shopping.
For more info about positively AFRICA, visit www.positivelyafrica.org.
Submitted by Sabine Laubental,
lapsed GHC Alto
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Out of dreams come goals, out of goals come actions, out actions come changes, out of changes comes freedom to dream.
Unknown
Editor's Collection
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Word Of Mouth
Recommendations
Pork Chops? Very Cute!
Take a look...you won't believe your eyes
Recommended by Harley Lappin
Former GHC Tuesday/Thursday Bass
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Flash Mob
in Sabadell, Spain
This deserves a note in the newsletter.
Beethoven’s “Ode To Joy”
Cheers for Now,
Recommended by Paddy Hernon
Former GHC Tuesday Bass
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Geekiest Gravestone
The Russian composer Alfred Schnittke, has the best, geekiest gravestone we’ve ever seen.
….it’s like a very loud, calm rest.
Great eh?
Recommended by Peggy Cady
GHC Tuesday/Thursday Tenor
Editor’s Note
Scroll down the page a little. Some of the video links on the same page, below the Alfred Schnittke gravestone image, are also pretty interesting. For example Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 played as a Cuban Rumba and the “Line Rider” animation to “In The Hall Of The Mountain King.” Be brave…explore!
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Opportunities to Sing
An Open SWAT Against Nuclear Weapons
Eve Kerr, Maria Squance, and members of Peninsula EcoVision, a church/community group associated with St. John's United Church in Deep Cove, are planning an evening event for the wider community with Mary-Wynne Ashford and Dr. Jonathan Down as guest speakers. They will be sharing information and actions we can take on the prohibition of nuclear weapons.
We will combine this with a GHC/HNC SWAT, performing and leading some singalong songs.
Here are some songs we are considering for our 20–25 minutes of singing!: Humbly We Walk Here, We Are One World (One Heart Beating), Da Pacem Domine, We Are the Ones, Building Bridges, Lead With Love, I Believe That Peace Will Come, Peace Is (video), Nothing But Peace Is Enough for Me (audio clip: click Track 1), Let Us Go Out).
We will have a room for a warm-up and run-through from 6:45–7:15pm, but even if you can’t make it early, all will be well—we’d like to have the audience singing, so to have some of us out there among them is fine!
– Dick
Wednesday, November 8th at 7:30pm
St. John's United Church,
10990 West Saanich Rd. (map)
(20 minutes farther north than First Unitarian Church of Victoria, in Deep Cove)
Poster Flyer with Bios
(residential, work or community posting of either document would be appreciated)
For any other info needed please contact Eve at
Submitted by Eve Kerr & Maria Squance
GHC Monday Altos
Editor’s Note
Last Chance! A Car Pooling Invitation
If you will be driving to this SWAT from anywhere in the CRD and would be willing to pick up someone along your way…or…If you would like a ride let me know at Either way be sure to give me the appropriate contact and route/location information.
I will compile a list of all of you who respond to this invitation, drivers and riders, and then let everyone know who is looking and offering on Sunday Nov. 5th so that you can connect and organize for the Nov. 8th.
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Coco Love Alcorn
GHC Guest Artist ~ June 2017
An Invitation To Sing Tour
Coco sent us this invitation:
Hi Gettin' Higher Choir friends!
I'm so excited that I'm coming back to Victoria this fall. Wait, let me rephrase that... I'm soooooo excited! My band and I will be performing two full sets and as the tour name suggests, we'll be
inviting the audience to sing along at many points throughout the night. So feel free to invite lots of friends who like to sing but also, don't be shy to invite your friends who don't like to sing along. I always sing for everyone. <3
Coco Love
Here are the details:
Sun, Nov 19 @ 7:30 PM
Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, (map)
2121 Cadboro Bay Road
Doors: 7PM Show: 730PM
Tickets: $20/adv and $25/door
Advanced tickets available on-line on-line and at:
Munro’s Books – 1108 Government St or
At choir from:
Monday ~ Jo Volek, Tenor
Tuesday ~ Robyn Whitbread, Tenor
Thursday ~ Rhianna Barr, Soprano
Poster JPG Image Poster PDF Share On Social Media
Submitted by Jo Volek
GHC Monday Tenor & Concert Organizer
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Nature doesn't care about your race, that's man-made.
Nature just cares about healthy organisms and your
precious ethnic features are expendable to that aim. So
the moment you let go of that racist identity and re-latch
onto humanity all you problems go away.
Theo E.J. Wilson (in this TED Talk)
Editor's Collection
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Opportunities to Sing (cont.)
High Noon Choir….
A daytime community choir
The HIGH NOON CHOIR is fired up again and runs through Dec. 5.
Every Tuesday from 12 noon to 1:30 pm
All voices are welcome at any time during the season.
Whenever Siobhan is in town, she will be leading the High Noon Choir. Dick and Cathy will continue on when Siobhan is away.
Siobhan Robinsong, Cathy Baker & Dick Jackson
HNC Directors
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'Time is precious, waste it wisely!'
Suee
from footer and email from Laurie Davison GHC
Tue/Thur Soprano
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“Up Your Game” Male Voice Workshop
What have you done for your choir director lately?
Yes, you are a sought after commodity … after all, isn’t every choir scrambling for tenors and baritones and basses. BUT what if you could do it better. Nope, not talking about voice lessons. We’re talking about being a better choralist. We’re talking about being all the things your conductor would wish you to be when you are in rehearsal.
Are you ready to up your game? Willi Zwozdesky is offering a three hour practical workshop for men who are looking for skills and techniques to be better contributors to their section.
Saturday, November 18th — 10 am to 1 pm
For full details check out this Flyer
Submitted & Recommended by Tom Ovanin
GHC Monday Bass
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Community Networking
Great news:
Instruments4africa
Shortbread Cookie Sale Is back!
Many members raved about our cookies last year. They are super delicious and come in 2 sizes, $10 for a baker's dozen and $20 for 2 baker's dozen - hey, what a deal! The shortbread is not only delicious but also famous.
It is made at the home of our two great friends and supporters of Instruments4africa, Sandy and Dennis Jaques. The Jaques family makes the shortbread from a deceased Auntie’s Scottish recipe, no less!
Pre-order forms will be available on:
Monday, November 13; Tuesday, November 14 and Thursday, November 16.
These most precious cookies have to be pre-ordered.
The shortbread orders will be delivered at the 3 choir practices:
Monday, December 11, Tuesday, December 12 and Thursday, December 14.
All proceeds (100%!) go to our Instruments4africa project based in Bamako, Mali in West Africa and go a long way to help a group of children with their education. For more info about the project, please click here.
Thank you so much for your support!
Submitted by Yves Parizeau,
GHC Monday Tenor
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Community Networking (cont.)
A positivelyAfrica fundraiser
Win A Gourmet Dinner For 8!
We’re launching our fundraising efforts to build a new primary school in Kenya by offering a raffle to win a dinner for up to 8 people in your home. We’ll bring all 5 courses to your home. You just relax with your friends and know you’re helping a great cause!
Draw date Dec. 1st Flyer Poster
For more information or to buy tickets, please contact or 250-598-0708.
Submitted by Sabine Laubental
Former GHC Tuesday Alto
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Soup & Sign-on
for the Treaty to
Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
Hosted by: GHC Alto & CCLT Grad: Mary-Wynne Ashford,
Retired Physician, Past President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) of which the 2017 Nobel Prize winning organization International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is an offshoot.
Agenda:
· share our information and updates on the threat of inadvertent, accidental, or deliberate nuclear war, and actions being taken elsewhere
· plan actions we can take here
· sign the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, and pick up more sheets to get more signatures
· drop off signed sheets to me.
When: Tuesdays after HNC at 1:45pm and again before GHC at 5:30 pm every week
What: Soup provided, please bring small plate of finger food if you can
Where: 410 Superior Street in James Bay (Map)
Here is the actual treaty for your information:
One Page Summary
Full Treaty (10 pages)
If you would like to gather some signatures from friends, family and co-workers here is a…Sign-up Sheet
You can print up copies on letter-sized paper to collect signatures and then bring them at a Soup and Sign-On. (Or you can scan, or take a picture of, the signed sheets and send them to )
Everyone welcome whether choir members or not.
~ Bill
(with gratitude for Mary-Wynne important on-going work on behalf of humanity and our earth home)
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